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Alberta’s Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party
Premier Danielle Smith was booed by United Conservative Party delegates after defending a pipeline deal with Ottawa amid rising separatist demands for Alberta independence.
- On Saturday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was heavily booed after praising the MOU, while Jeffrey Rath denounced it and prompted a standing ovation at the UCP AGM in Edmonton.
- Years of denouncing Confederation and blaming Eastern political elites helped Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, and Jason Kenney, former premier, foster the Alberta Prosperity Project, which now opposes her federal deal.
- Leaders in the separatist camp received standing ovations and pro-separation candidates won party board seats, while last week's historic energy deal between Alberta and Ottawa faced skepticism over emission rollbacks and Alberta's higher industrial carbon-pricing scheme.
- With recall petitions mounting, Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, faces five more UCP caucus members with petitions, risking the same fate as Jason Kenney.
- On Tuesday, she will lay out how the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act will guide provincial entities to refuse enforcement of the federal gun buyback program and take greater control over immigration.
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Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party
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Total News Sources23
Leaning Left15Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Left
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources lean Left
75% Left
L 75%
C 25%
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